Yvonne Shirley Durben, 92 passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Oct. 11, 2015 at Homestead of Rochester.

Running a weekly newspaper operation can be both a blessing and a curse all at the same time.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
 
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:  That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 5, 2007
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL A­MOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $144,800.77

Evelyn Delphine Moreland, 95, of Rochester, formerly of West Concord, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth where she had resided since March 2012.

Thomas Desmond Donnelly IV, Geneva, died Oct. 5, 2015. Tom was born on Oct. 15, 1951, on an island just east of Ireland to Thomas and Elizabeth Donnelly.
He spent his childhood in England, Okinawa, Texas, and graduated from Dugway High School in Utah where he was on the varsity teams for football, basketball and golf. 

Edward Leroy Lindquist, 92, of Waterville, formerly of Blooming Prairie, passed away on Oct. 8, 2015, overlooking his beloved lake with his wife, Ginny by his side.

Jeppe Bremer, 88 of Blooming Prairie, died peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, surrounded by his family at Ecumen Countryside, Owatonna. 
He was born Aug. 21, 1927, in Ypsilanti, North Dakota, the son of Henry and Sadie (Dykstra) Bremer. Jeppe grew up and attended school in North Dakota, moving to Minnesota in 1975. He served his country in the U.S. Army late in World War II. 

Irma ‘Peggy’ Wradislavsky, 74 of Blooming Prairie, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie. 
She was born April 16, 1941, in Poland, the daughter of Ludwig and Berta Fibich. During World War II, Irma moved with her family to Germany, where she attended school and later worked as a cocktail waitress. 

Government officials, business representatives and many that had a hand in the project gathered to celebrate the completion of the 2.5-mile four-lane expansion of U.S. Highway 14 between Owatonna and Dodge Center.